Wichita eagle., 1887-07-17
THE PEABODY WATCH.

A Proposition to Manufacture the Finest Time
Keeper Yet Invented.
Yesterdays EAGLE contaiEed report OF
a committee of experts, who had been re-
quested by our board of trade to examine
into the merits and claims Of a new watch
movement patented by r. L. Peabody, of
the La Porte Watch school, Mr. Peabody,
who arrived in this city Saturday morning
in response to an Invitation Of the manufac-
turers' committee of the board of trade
which invitation was brought about through
the fundamentally or upon the recommend
alton of well known citizens who had some
knowledge of the excellence of Mr.. Peabody's
movement, made US a call yesterday morn
ing, at which time he voluntarily exhibited
letters from several well known firms of
national reputation, such as the Cor
hams OF New York, the Seth
Thomas Clock company, etc., touching
his character as man and his standing as an
expert and as a superintendent of watch
construction. The letters more than sub
stantiate the reputation given him by those
of our city who had vouched for him in
these particulars. 1t will be seen that he
does not come as an adventurer or specu' ator
but at the invitation of men who hsd for
merly and favorably known him. We find
Mr.. T. an intelligent, earnest gentleman of
evident stability and character. So much
for the man. He as the AGILE has hereto
fore set out, is the patentee of a watch
movement the accurate time-keeping of
which have been tested by the astronomical
clocks and observations of the New York OBJ
servatory and which have been pronounced
wonderful in excellence show no Variation of
time in the six different positions in watches
are placed, HING or laid in testing their quail
ities The Peabody watch can
be manufactured as cheaply, that
is at bigger profit and at as low price as
that of any other standard watch manu-
featured by the Elgin, United States, Ameri-
can or Waltham watch companies, and if
the proper interest can be aroused Mr.. Pea
body has signifed his willingness, his desire
in fact to locate in Wichita over any city or
town that he has yet visited. From his talk
we were led to conclude that he has never
contemplated but two other places l. e.,
Hartford, Conn, and La Porte, Ind. We
gathered also, that under no circumstances
was he likely to dispose of his movement to
any old manufacturing concern which would
be compelled to change its tools and ma
chinery largely, only to produce time
keeper to displace rapidly their own patents.
Mr.. ?. says the character of people or experts
constituting watch builders or makers is of
the highest generally speaking as to intelli-
gence and all that goes to make up good citi-
zenship. Taking the letters which Mr.. Pea
body holds in connection with the endorse
ment of the men here wto have known him
together with the report of experts published
yesterday morning, and to say the least,
strong recommendation is the result, such a
case in fact as it would seem in which there
was no room for fraud or humbug, but upon
the other hand favorable opportunity for a
vastly profitable investment in an honorable
enterprise which would redown greatly in
the advantage of the city. Believing it such
we most heartily commend the whole matter
to the careful consideration of our board of
trade and to our capitalists generally.
The directors of the Board of Trade met
yesterday afternoon, and after hearing the
report of the committee and from Mr. Pea
body himself passed the following resolution
of recommendation and endorsement offered
by Colonel Fl. W. Lewis:
The committee ON manufactures and indus
tries having made a unanimous report favor
ing the encouragement of the enterprise of
Mr.. r. L. Peabody, and after giving Mr..
Peabody hearing in reference to the merits
of his invention and his plan for organizing
a stock company for the manufacture of
watches in the city of Wichita, it is
Resolved. by the board OF directors Of the
Board Of Trade, That we adopt the above
report and cordially recommend to our local
capitalists the enterprise of Mr.. Peabody.
LADIES' BENEVOLENT HOME.